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Extensively revised, the Second Edition continues to offer senior undergraduate students a well-balanced treatment of all major areas in entomology. This edition features coverage of the new phylogenies for most of the insect orders

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Author:   Cedric Gillot
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.438kg
ISBN:  

9780306449673

ISBN 10:   0306449676
Pages:   820
Publication Date:   July 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Evolution and Diversity: Arthropod Evolution. Insect Diversity. External Structure. Taxonomy and Systematics. Apterygote Hexapods. Paleoptera. The Plecopteroid, Blattoid, and Orthopteroid Orders. The Hemipteroid Orders. The Panorpoid Orders. The Remaining Endopterygote Orders. Anatomy and Physiology: The Integument. Sensory Sytems. Nervous and Chemical Integration. Muscles and Locomotion. Gaseous Exchange. Food Uptake and Utilization. The Circulatory System. Nitrogenous Excretion and Salt and Water Balance. Reproduction and Development: Reproduction. Embryonic Development. Postembryonic Development. Ecology: The Abiotic Environment. The Biotic Environment. Insects and Humans. Index.

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One of the better books available for an introductory entomology course.' Nature Brings us up-to-date on general and new information in all of the major subdivisions in the huge field of entomology.' Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America Packed full of useful information which is clearly written, well organized and frequently accompanied by simple line drawings which beautifully complement the text....well referenced.' Journal of Insect Conservation

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